Protests at UN office in Sri Lanka over war panel
July 6, 2010 (AFP) - Protesters led by a Sri Lankan cabinet minister surrounded the United Nations office in Colombo on Tuesday to protest at a UN panel set up …
July 6, 2010 (AFP) - Protesters led by a Sri Lankan cabinet minister surrounded the United Nations office in Colombo on Tuesday to protest at a UN panel set up …
SYDNEY, July 6, 2010 (AFP) - Australia's new leader Julia Gillard Tuesday revealed surprise plans to ship asylum-seekers to impoverished East Timor, in a …
SYDNEY, July 5, 2010 (AFP) - Human Rights Watch urged Australia's new prime minister on Monday to lift a controversial freeze on Afghan and Sri Lankan asylum …
BRUSSELS, July 1, 2010 (AFP) - The European Union urged Sri Lanka's government on Thursday to cooperate with a UN panel probing alleged war crimes during the …
NEW DELHI, June 28, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president vowed to resist international calls to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country's …
June 24, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka will ban visits by the three-member United Nations panel investigating alleged human rights abuses in the final months of the …
June 24, 2010 (AFP) - An explosion ripped through a commercial area of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Thursday, wounding at least nine people, police said. …
June 24, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has increased levies on sugar imports by five rupees, while a cigarette tax would go up by one rupee and taxes on a proof …
June 23, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka accused the UN on Wednesday of a "hidden agenda" behind its plans to investigate alleged human rights abuses by soldiers in the …
UNITED NATIONS, June 22, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon Tuesday set up a panel to investigate allegations of human rights abuses in the final months of the …
June 21, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is "deeply unhappy" at a move by UN chief Ban Ki-moon to name a panel to look into alleged war crimes committed during the …
June 20, 2010 (AFP) - A senior leader of Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels has agreed to help the government in its post-war reconstruction efforts, a …
June 20, 2010 (AFP) - A visiting Japanese envoy said Sunday his country backed efforts by the United Nations to investigate alleged war crimes committed in Sri …
June 17, 2010 (AFP) - The United Nations will set up a panel to probe war crimes in Sri Lanka despite repeated protests from the island's hawkish government, a …
June 18, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka staged a delayed victory parade Friday to mark the first anniversary of the end of its 37-year civil war as pressure mounted …
June 16, 2010 (AFP) - A visiting Japanese envoy said Wednesday that Sri Lanka must ensure an open and fair process to address grievances of minority Tamils …
UNITED NATIONS, June 14, 2010 (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon's top political adviser will visit Sri Lanka this week to discuss political reconciliation, …
June 11, 2010 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's army chief on Friday called for a political settlement to the island's decades-long ethnic strife, a year after the Tamil …
June 11, 2010 (AFP) - The Sri Lankan government has approved lifting the two-term limit for presidents in a move that would allow incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse …
June 11, 2010 (LBO) - Ways to counter terrorism and terrorist financing which is becoming increasingly sophisticated were discussed at a meeting of South Asian …